Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1915 — This Is Partly Right, But Considerably Wrong. [ARTICLE]

This Is Partly Right, But Considerably Wrong.

The Jasper county board of education Monday denied a petition for the removal of Ernest Lamson from the office of county school superin-

tendent. Charges of incompetency iavoritism. failure to employ local teachers and importing teachers front outside of the county inferior to home teachers. neglect of business and other charges were preferred against Lamson and a hot tight for hjs removal was waged by the Rensselaer Republican. State Supt. Greathouse was present a- the hearing befpre the board of education Monday and evidence was heard from■.■a number of witnesses. While there is much dissatisfaction in Jasper county with the. manner in which Lamson has conducted the superintendent’s office, it is natural to infer that the trustees who put him in office would be slow to coincide with his accusers. Hence the decision leaving him in office is not surprising. Whether the fight has seen its conclusion in this decision of the board of education remains to be seen. The above item is fro mhte Monon News, and it seems that the News, as well as several other newspapers in this section who have resolved this “inspiration" from the columns of the Rensselaer Republican, is considerably in error as to the facts. State Supt.' Greathouse was not present at the hearing before the board of education, and the board hearing the case was no- the board that put Mr. Lamson in office. The present board of education came into office January 1 of this year.

No petition whatever was filed with the board asking for Mr. Lamson’s removal and the only "charges preferred” were made by the Rensselaer Republican. As to "whether or not the fight has seen its conclusion in this decision,” it is rumored that the Republican will be asked to prove the truth of some of the more serious charges it has made. Mr. Lamson's friends think, that he has been irreparably injured by the attacks of the Republican and believe that he owes it t<> himself, his family and his friends, to seek vindication in the courts. They say that scores of the charges made by the Republican are unquestionably libelous if not true, and as they were kept up after the decision of the board of education, especially is it therefore incumbent on Mr. Lamson ot seek further vindication.